71.   He also became a national hero and a vital link in the rich tradition of distance running that has distinguished Ethiopian athletes.

72.   He has been the only weak link in a strong Mets staff this April.

73.   He has heard people say he is the weak link in the Buccaneers machine.

74.   He spent much of the next few days as a link in a chain of rescuers who were filling and passing body bags, some heavy and some light.

75.   He identified a cycle of reactions, known as the Calvin cycle, that forms an important link in photosynthesis.

76.   He was a link in an Oriole tradition of superb shortstops, taking over for Luis Aparicio and giving way to Cal Ripken.

77.   He said that Lagardere might be the better choice, adding that Lagardere has many more international links in its defense businesses than do Dassault or Aerospatiale.

78.   Hendra was carried by fruit bats, so researchers began searching for a similar link in Nipah.

79.   He was my paternal grandfather, my namesake, the link in my lineage between Old World and New.

80.   I am one link in this chain, generation to generation.